17th February 2016
| Mallory Gray
Pembrokeshire U15s at training
The Pembrokeshire County
Youth Regional Team / Coaching
Association celebrates 35 years of existence this season, having been created
under the guidance of former England bowler Tom Cartwright, the first
appointed Welsh National Cricket Coach.
The Association is responsible
for the development pathway of junior and youth cricket within the County. This is through two strands, firstly the
provision of a county-wide winter coaching programme and secondly the development
and support of Regional Squads representing Pembrokeshire.
In August the County U10 Squad
plays in the Cricket Wales Inter-Regional Festival at Aberystwyth, enjoying the
idyllic facilities of the University campus and playing fields. This festival is an ideal introduction for
the ambitious young cricketer to rub shoulders with the best players from all
over Wales.
Age group fixtures undertaken
by all County squads are not restricted to just the competitive framework
within Wales. During 2015 games were
played outside of the Principality at Millfield School, the Bromsgrove Festival
and in Ireland.
2016 will again see these
teams representing Pembrokeshire at Millfield School, the Bromsgrove Festival
whilst also travelling to London & South East of England; in 2017 a County
Squad has been selected to tour Barbados. In total, a wide-ranging junior
county fixture list is in place for 2016 comprising over 80 matches.
A number of young cricketers
from Pembrokeshire have represented Wales and/or the West of England since the
inception of the Association in 1981.
Last season saw three girls, Maisy Davies [Llangwm CC], Elin Miller
[Hook CC] and Leah Raymond [Crymych CC] selected for the National Squad while many others were invited to final trial sessions.
To help the youngsters reach these
achievements, the Coaching Association boasts some highly qualified and
experienced coaches in their ranks. Two
County Coaches received ECB awards in 2015; Rick Walton for his role as the ECB
Community Coach of the year and Simon Williams as the ECB Young Coach of the
Year.
Under the Chairmanship of
Jonathan Twigg [Haverfordwest CC] the following Regional Cricket Squad
appointments have been made for the indoor training sessions for 2016 being
held at Thornton Sports Hall, Milford.
Co-ordinating
Manager Nic Evans Narberth CC
U10s - Coach Rick
Walton Haverfordwest CC
Manager TBC
Training
Night Thursday
Chester Marles(Hook); Luc Owen (Hook); Troy Goodridge(Hook); Bailey
Goodridge(Hook); Noah Goodridge(Hook); Charlie Arthur (Cresselly); Liam Miller (Hook);
Finley Lewis; Rhydian Eynon; Rhys Eynon;
William Allen; Iorri Richards; Lewis Parry (Haverfordwest); Jack Badham; Ryan Jones; Ryan Cooper; Corey Lewis; Dillon
James; Maisie Davies; Olly Hough; Ryan Preece; Harry Morgan; Hywel Mansell; Dylan
John; Rhys Daley; Owen Rickard; Noah Williams;
U11s - Coach Andrew Miller Neyland CC
Manager Jonathan Willington Hook CC
Training
Night Tuesday
Lewis Miller (Hook),
Owen Phelps (Hook), Jacob Owen (Hook), Seth Willington (Hook), Lucas Davies
(Hook), Evan Watts (Haverfordwest), Joe Phillips (Llangwm), Dom Assom
(Llangwm), Shay Norcross (Narberth), Jake Thomas (Narberth), Rhys Power
(Neyland), Tyler Sutton (Neyland), Harry Fuller (Whitland), George Waters
(Carew).
U12s - Coach Jordan Howell Narberth CC
Manager Richard
Howell Narberth CC
Training
Night Monday
Iwan Laugharne
(Crymych); McKenzie McDonald (Crymych); Owain Jones (Llangwm); Elin Miller
(Hook); Jamie Goldsworthy (Cresselly); Tyler Dennis ( Narberth ); Josh Lewis
(Cresselly ); Harry Jones (Whitland); Ben Callan (Hundleton); Lewis Gibben
(Hundleton); Iori Humphrey (Haverfordwest ); Archie Hiller-Wood (Cresselly); Robbie
Davies (Llangwm); Morgan Lewis (Haverfordwest);
Oliver Rothero (Hundleton ); Cyril Vaghesse (Haverfordwest); Zac Jones
(Hundleton); Thomas Mason (Whitland )
U14s - Coach Simon Williams Haverfordwest
CC
Manager Sarah Mansbridge Saundersfoot CC
Training
Night Friday
Tom Mansbridge (Saundersfoot); Levi Hughes (Saundersfoot); Max
Adams (Haverfordwest); George James (Hook); Will Hughes (Neyland); Tomos Davies
(Llechryd); Morgan Grieves (Carew); Rhys Canton (Carew); Rhys Grigg (Carew); Gethin
Scourfield (Whitland); Louis Davies (Narberth); Rhodri Dyer (Narberth);
U15s - Coach Simon Williams Haverfordwest
CC
Manager Huw Scriven Haverfordwest CC
Training
Night Wednesday
Jack Scriven(Haverfordwest); Jonny White (Haverfordwest); Jake Merry (Haverfordwest);
Jack Wilson (Haverfordwest); Nikhil Mathias (Haverfordwest); Chloe Hood (Haverfordwest);
Jack Blockwell(Haverfordwest); Noah Davies (Hook); Aled Phelps (Hook); Keegan
Codd (Hook); Lewis Hough (Narberth); Jack Nicholas (Herbrandston); Harry
Nicholas (Herbrandston); John Mansbridge (Saundersfoot); Ryan Morton (Saundersfoot);
Tom Cole (Saundersfoot); Jamie Smith (Neyland).
The door to the selected Training
Squads is never closed and if there are any budding young cricketers out there,
between the ages of 8 and 17, who would like to be a part of the Pembrokeshire
Junior Cricket Experience, they should contact their local cricket club or link
directly to the coaches via the Association website or Twitter [see below].
The Association always welcomes support from
any quarter and if there are any adults who would like to get involved with
junior cricket, whether as a coach, an umpire, or just as an administrator,
scorer or driver, please do not hesitate to contact an Officer or Committee
member.
Updated information is
available at www.pembrokeshirecricket.co.uk or
via Twitter by following @PembCountyYth